The divorcée, an English teacher with one son, simply decided she’d been celibate long enough. The book details Juska’s numerous dates, which tended to quickly gravitate towards the bedroom. She did check with her son before placing the ad but he welcomed the idea with the words “Go get ’em, Mom. It’s your turn.”

The ad generated 63 replies from men across a variety of ages. After a year of dating, Juska put pen to paper and initially wrote fiction before one of her dates persuaded her to switch to memoir. A Round-Heeled Woman was adapted into a stage show starring Sharon Gless of Cagney and Lacey fame.